Middle East Strategy

2015-10-28T09:33:24-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/63e/20151028095745003_hd.jpgRetired General John Allen and Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Anne Patterson testified at a hearing U.S. strategy in the Middle East. They detailed ongoing U.S. and coalition efforts in several countries, specifically counter-ISIS* operations in Syria, Iraq and Turkey.

* The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or DAISH/DAESH in Arabic is a militant group that has called itself the Islamic State.